Butterfly watching in Serra de Itapetinga,Atibaia,SP,Brazil

Butterfly watching in Serra de Itapetinga (Itapetinga Mountain),Atibaia,SP,Brazil

On May 2, 2015, we were (Antonio Silveira and Ricardo Pires de Campos) in the “Sierra de Itapetinga” in the municipality of Atibaia, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, more exactly in the area of “Reserva Ecológica do Vuna” to observe birds for the Project Birdlist by Location, and we would observe butterflies. Thanks Ricardo Pires de Campos by the company in field.

We recorded many species. Some species were able to identify as follow. By Antonio Silveira.

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Adelpha syma  (Godart, [1824]) (*)

Agraulis vanillae maculosa (Stichel, [1908])

Danaus gilippus (Cramer, 1776)

Diaethria c. candrena (Godart, [1824])

Epityches eupompe (Geyer, 1832)

Hamadryas feronia  Linnaus, 1758

Hypanartia bella (Fabricius, 1793)

Junonia evarete  (Cramer, 1779)

Philaethria wernickei (Röber, 1906)

Pseudolycaena marsyas (Linnaeus, 1758)  (Probably)

Parides agavus (Orury, 1782)

Placidina euryanassa (C. & R. Felder, 1860)

Tegosa claudina (Eschscholtz, 1821) Claudina Crescent

Xenophanes tryxus (Stoll 1780)

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Photos also by Antonio Silveira

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(*) espécie identificada pelo entomólogo Renato Oliveira (MZSP), ao qual agradeçemos muito a colaboração.

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Antonio Silveira: 03-5-2015. última atualização: 25-9-2015.